[marsh2]

I have noticed that, as a people, we don’t laugh a fraction of what we did thirty years ago. Particularly with the Obama regime, there seems to be a black out on political satire and jokes. American’s always had such a great sense of humor. Has political correctness destroyed our ability to laugh at ourselves?

[boop]

Have you heard the latest Obama joke?

That's not funny, and you're a racist!

All kidding aside, like Will Ferrell, Obama is NOT FUNNY!

[livius]

And I'm telling you that the business community in this company is frightened to death of the weird political philosophy of the President of the United States.

This is from the Steve Wynn quote that Sea Parrot posted, but it's also why we don't laugh more. People are scared of Obama and scared of the government, and they know that it's not permitted to make jokes about the Great Leader, who has a notoriously thin skin and looks for offense in anything. It's the same reason nobody makes jokes about Islam, I guess. Fear.

[ClearCase_guy]

Particularly with the Obama regime, there seems to be a black out on political satire and jokes.

Based on my watching of late night TV, I can give you two examples of recent political jokes, told by highly paid, nationally known comedians:

1) "Boy, Sarah Palin in an idiot."
2) "Boy, Michelle Bachmann is an idiot."

I don't know why people don't laugh as much today as they did 30 years ago when presented with such sharp political humor.